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I regret that the President of the United States is quite so susceptible to the blandishments of a dying monarchy. While he was swanking about Windsor Castle, just a few miles away this was happening to one of his fellow Americans:The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion 🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: An American cancer patient and Trump supporter was confronted by British police and told to apologise for her online posts or face an investigation. Deborah Anderson, a mother of two, was visited at her home in June by an officer from Thames Valley Police. He told her someone had lodged a complaint about her...

'What happened on October 7th was genocide at the highest level’. Trump calls October 7th “genocide at the highest level” after UN accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. On the hostages who are still being held by Hamas: We have probably 20 that are living. It's a nasty situation.

71% of French citizens oppose immediate recognition of a Palestinian state before the release of hostages and the surrender of Hamas, according to a survey published by the council representing Jewish organizations in the country. Only 29% of French respondents support the immediate recognition of a Palestinian state. The survey also found that 68% of the public views antisemitic acts not only as a threat to Jews in the country but as a broader threat to French society. By contrast, 19% stated that actions against the Jewish public in France over the Gaza conflict are legitimate. Notably, the share among...

Recognition of a Palestinian state is "the best way to isolate Hamas", French President Emmanuel Macron said in a TV interview with Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 on Thursday. France is expected to officially recognise Palestine as a state early next week at the UN General Assembly. Daniel Quinn reports.

Hamas has declared victory after Sir Keir Starmer announced that the UK formally recognises Palestine as a state. The Prime Minister announced the decision in a video message on Sunday afternoon at the same time that Canada and Australia also recognised Palestinian statehood. He said: “Let’s be frank. Hamas is a brutal terror organisation. Our call for a genuine two-state solution is the exact opposite of their hateful vision. We are clear this solution is not a reward for Hamas, because it means Hamas can have no future, no role in government, no role in security.” The move means that...

Britain, Canada and Australia confirmed on Sunday that they now formally recognize Palestinian statehood, piling pressure on Israel to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and putting three major U.S. allies at odds with the Trump administration. The seemingly coordinated announcements came on the eve of the annual gathering of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, at which France and Portugal are also expected to vote for recognition of Palestinian statehood. ...

The Labour Party government has argued that allowing Sharia courts to operate in the United Kingdom is a fundamental “British value” and has refused to distance itself from a broad stroke definition of so-called Islamophobia, which critics say would brand discussions around Muslim child rape grooming gangs as potentially illegally racist. -- Pressed on Tuesday in the House of Commons by Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin as to whether the government supported the existence of Sharia courts in the UK, Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services, Sarah Sackman, unequivocally backed their right to operate. The Labour MP for Finchley...

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to pull off a grand diplomatic coup on Monday by collecting several Western countries together to recognize a Palestinian state, but he’s a long way from delivering a genuine breakthrough in Gaza. The limits to what he can achieve at the United Nations General Assembly are clear. European heavyweights like Germany and Italy will not be joining his initiative and there’s little prospect his efforts can sway U.S. President Donald Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war. The big idea in New York is to trumpet the recognition of Palestinian statehood...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces that the UK now formally recognises a Palestinian state "Today, to revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution, I state clearly - as prime minister of this great country - that the United Kingdom formally recognises the state of Palestine," he says in a video statement Earlier, Canada became the first G7 nation to make the move, closely following by Australia Starmer's deputy, David Lammy, earlier defended the move - telling the BBC "now is the time to stand up for a two-state solution" Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has previously opposed countries recognising...

Sir Ed Davey has branded Elon Musk a criminal and called for him to be prosecuted for "allowing online harm to children" on his social media platform X. The Lib Dem leader told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips the billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter, is "inciting violence" and his social media platform is actively failing to protect children. Sir Ed, speaking from the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth, said Mr Musk could be prosecuted under the Online Safety Act, under which social media companies have a legal duty to protect children from harmful content and their directors...

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state in a statement on Sunday afternoon. The move comes after the prime minister said in July the UK would shift its position in September unless Israel met conditions including agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza and committing to a long-term sustainable peace deal that delivers a two-state solution. It represents a major change in British foreign policy after successive governments said recognition should come as part of a peace process and at a time of maximum impact. The move has drawn fierce criticism from the Israeli...

Nigel Farage has criticised Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' policy after more than a thousand people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Friday. The number of people making the crossing underlined the scale of the challenge facing Sir Keir Starmer's government as it battles to get a grip on the crisis. The latest Home Office figures showed 1,072 made the journey in 13 boats. Friday's arrivals take the number of people who have made the crossing so far in 2025 to 32,103 - a record for this point in a year. Reform leader Farage took to social...

More than 1,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Friday, as the government confirmed two more migrants had been returned to France. According to the Home Office 1,072 people in 13 boats made the journey to Dover. It takes the number of people who have made the crossing so far in 2025 to 32,103, a record for this point in a year. A total of three men have now been sent back to France under a pilot "one in, one out" deal with the UK, intended to deter small boat crossings. An Eritrean man and an Iranian...

After more than 45 years of living in merry old England, I called a halt some time ago and chose the Big Bagel as my main residence. Alas, I left many friends behind, very good friends who ask me what New York has to offer that London does not. Well, I’ll only tell you, my Chronicles readers, because it would seem like rubbing it in if I published this in an English mag. British phlegm, humor, self-deprecation, and good manners are now a thing of the past in that nation’s capital. London no longer has a majority white population, but...

Labour faced fury and ridicule as they bragged about the France returns deal being an “immediate deterrent” as hundreds of migrants crossed the Channel. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy defended Sir Keir Starmer’s “one-in-one-out” deal with Emmanuel Macron despite only three people being deported in the scheme’s first five days. Up to 1,000 migrants are feared to have crossed in small boats on Friday, leaving Labour’s claims of ‘smashing the gangs’ in tatters. This would take the total number of arrivals this year to more than 32,000 – including around 10,000 since the one-in-one-out agreement was struck at the Anglo-French...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is moving forward with plans to introduce digital identification systems as part of efforts to overhaul the country's asylum and immigration system, with an announcement anticipated as early as his party's conference this month, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The finer details of the scheme were still being ironed out and the timeline could change, the report added, citing two people briefed on the matter. Immigration and asylum remain at the heart of Britain's political debate, with the government under pressure to curb record migrant arrivals in small boats, while also addressing the strain...

The Tube no longer feels safe. Violent attacks on the platforms and carriages of the London Underground are soaring. So are theft, harassment and indecent exposure – and, most concerning of all, sexual assault. But instead of stepping up police patrols or increasing the presence of staff, Transport For London [TfL] is dumping the responsibility for safe travel on to the public, its passengers. Like countless others who ride the Tube every day, I have been physically assaulted while using the service – as I shall explain.

Elon Musk has branded Sir Ed Davey a “craven coward” after the Liberal Democrat leader accused the American billionaire of “inciting violence” with his appearance at the Unite the Kingdom protest. Sir Ed today called for the Telsa owner to be sanctioned over remarks he made to crowds attending the rally led by Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley- Lennon, on Saturday. More than two dozen police officers were injured when violence erupted in central London between flag-wearing thugs, police and counter-protesters. The march saw more than 110,000 people in attendance and attracted international attention, with Musk appearing on a...

A new poll will make grim reading for Keir Starmer, with Labour's popularity seemingly tumbling even further. Find Out Now's Voting Intention tracker surveys the public on who they would vote for if an election were called tomorrow. Their latest polling, conducted on September 17 and 18, shows the governing party on its lowest ever share of the vote (16%). It represents a drop of -3 since September 10, according to the firm. Little more than a year after Sir Keir's landslide victory, Labour is now level with the Tories, who also got just 16%. But it's good news for...

Donald Trump suggested Sir Keir Starmer should involve the military in tackling the small boats crisis as he warned illegal migration could "destroy countries “from within”. The US president said he had discussed the UK’s efforst to control illegal migration with Sir Keir at the Prime Minister's country residence Chequers at a joint press conference held by the two men at the end of his two day state visit. He highlighted his own record in securing the borders in the US and suggested the UK faced a similar challenge. Trump said: "What I saw happening, with millions of people pouring...